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The 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership rugby season is one of the most anticipated in years, with big changes at many clubs for success. As a result, many unknowns; especially in the middle of the table, could occur. At this point in time, it is hard to separate seven or eight teams and it is difficult to know […] READ MORE
Leicester Tigers have dramatically dispensed with Head Coach Matt O’Connor after just one match of the 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership season. It follows a crushing 40-6 defeat at Exeter Chiefs on Saturday, where the Tigers conceded six tries. Matt O’Connor Sacked in ‘best interests of Leicester’ Released on early Monday evening, the Leicester press release does […] READ MORE
For Leicester Tigers fans, this is strange. 2017 was an Annus horribilis for the most successful of Premiership clubs; it was a year that saw two Head Coaches depart the club and a growing majority of Tigers fans believing their replacement should go too. The East Midlands side scraped into the Premiership semi-finals for the 13th […] READ MORE
George Ford opposed the man who, according to Eddie Jones, will be shining his boots when the England squad join up for a training camp next month. And it was the master, if George Ford can be called such a thing at such a tender age, who got the final word over the apprentice Marcus […] READ MORE
It was a victory 14 years in the making as 24 unanswered points gave Bath victory over Leicester Tigers at Welford Road in the final game of the opening weekend of the season. George Ford, Leicester Tiger’s major summer acquisition, must’ve had a suspicion that his old outfit, whom he made such a case for […] READ MORE
Premiership Rugby’s most protracted transfer last season, eventually saw George Ford return to Leicester after four years away with Bath. It was a move that Bath owner Bruce Craig was less than pleased about after stating his willingness to release Ford from his contract–provided he didn’t choose a return to Welford Road. Though, it turns […] READ MORE
It’s not the type of season a Leicester Tiger fan is accustomed to, but there is light at the end of the tunnel following a defiant defeat at Wasps. Three Different Coaches Three different head coaches, a record home defeat in Europe and two catastrophic losses to nil were not part of Leicester Tiger’s pre-season plan. […] READ MORE
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